Washboiler.



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UNITED STATES P TIENT OFFIGE.

GEORGE LEEsoN, OF LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA.

WASHB-QILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.- 707,126, dated August19, 1 902.

' Application filed February 17, 1902. Serial No. 94,548. (was) To aZZwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEEsoN, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Lake City, in the county of Wabasha andState of Minnesota,have invented a new-and-nseful Washboiler, of which" the following is aspecifica-tion.

This invention relates to. devices to be em-.

ployed in connection with .washboilers; and it consists in a deviceadapted to; be placed within the boiler whereby the clothesmaybe morethoroughly subjected to action of the. hot water or supportedin'aposition to be subjected to the action of steam above the water andalso in a position to be drained after being boiled or steamed, ashereinaftershown and described and specifically pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings illustrativeofthe invention and in which like'charactersare em Figure 1 is a perspective'view of the device complete and removedfrom the boiler. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section on the linemac of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal-section of a washboiler and ofthe improved device arranged'therein, also in'longitudinal section;

The device consists in a base-plate 1,'having a series of perforations 2therein, arranged in rows, preferably at equal distances apart. Theplate will conform closely to the interior of the washboiler,(represented in outline at 3,) so that when placed therein it will formsub- The sides of the plate 1 will be turned upward, as shown at 4, toassist in supporting the clothes and will also be provided with handlesatthe ends by which it may be lifted from and adjusted in the boiler.Each handle is formed with two side members 5 and a transverse member 6,with the lower ends of the sidemembersmovement of the handles andprevent them from being folded inward, but which-will not prevent themfrom being turned ontward,'as willbe readily understood. By this meansthe handles will never fall inward intothe 4 hotwater' in the boilerorlbecome submerged 'therein-or covered by the-clothes, but will alwaysremain in a substantially upright position and projecting out of thewater convenie'nt to the hand'of'the operator. The handles will not belong enough to project upward above the upper line of the body of theboiler, iso that their-presencewill not interfere with the placing: offthe cover in position on 'the boiler- At one or'more points the sidemembers 5 of the handlesare'formed into hooks 9, adapted to engage theupperrim of the boiler to afford means for suspending the plate 1 at oneor more points above the bottom of the boiler to support the clothesabove the waterline in the boiler to permit them to be subjected to theaction of the steam or for the purpose of drainage, as may be required;As many of tliGSO'hOOkS 9 may be employed as may .be reqni'red;'-butgenerally two in each side member, as shown, will be sufficient.

Upon the under and upper surface of the plate 1 are a series ofguard-strips 10, each strip being concave on"one-side and convex on theother and perforated at suitable intervals and arranged to cover theperforations 2,. as shown, the guard-strips-on the upper surface of theplate adaptedto form guards to support the clothes and prevent them fromshutting off or clogging the perforations in guard-strips both above andbelow the same perforations. Hence,. as will be seen in Fig.

2, where the guard-strips arearranged above the perforations none arearranged beneath that particular set of perforations, and then, on thecontrary, where the guard-strips are arranged beneath the perforationsno guardstrips are arranged above that particular set of perforations..Thus no'unn'ecessary guardstrips are employed. The guard-strips, in

addition to the functions' alre'ady described,

perform another and important function in that they serve aslongitudinal-braces t9 the plate 1, which is especially importantwhenthe latter'is suspended at an elevation, supporting the clothes thereon.The said plate being to some extent weakened by the perforations thereinwould be liable to bend and yield under the pressure if it were notstrongly braced, and the guard-strips thus in addition to the functionsalready ascribed to them act as braces, whereby the brace-plate isenabled to support any weight that may be placed thereon Without bendingor yielding to the pressure. By this simple arrangement the clothes aresupported in the boiler in a very convenient position to be handled,either for entire removal or to suspend them in the boiler intermediateof its depth, as before described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Awashboiler attachment comprising a plate conforming to the interior ofthe boiler and having parallel rows of alined perforations arrangedlongitudinally,said plate being provided with perforated semitubularguardstrips secured longitudinally to cover the rows of perforationstherein, said guard-strips being disposed alternately on the upper andunder sides of said plate and serving to brace the same longitudinally,and part of said guard-strips being disposed on the under side of saidplate to form supports for the latter, substantially as set forth.

2. A washboiler attachment having means at the ends thereof wherebyitmaybe elevated and suspended at various points of elevation, said platebeing provided with longitudinallydisposed rows of perforations and withlongitudinally-disposed guard-strips covering said perforations andserving also as braces to prevent the plate from flexing or yieldingunder the weight of the clothes disposed thereon, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE LEESON.

Witnesses:

O'rro E. ANDERSON, S. O. SEVALL.

